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gunner

/ˈɡʌnə/GUH-nur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɡʌnɚ/GUH-nur

Meaningone who works a gun

Common meaning: a soldier who operates large guns

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Journey through time

  1. Welshgwn‘a bowl, a gun’source
  2. Middle Englishgonnesource
  3. Englishgun‘a firearm’
  4. Englishformed in English from gungunner‘a soldier who operates large guns’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from gun + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GUN, p.248 · scan

Source words

  • gwn Welsh · source word “a loose robe”

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